Student Authors

Viking Student Authors Give Books to Reading Buddies

Posted on 03/18/2019

LMS and LHS students recently wrote original children’s stories. Using the storybird.com platform, each book was illustrated. The authors collaborated with tenth grade students in Mrs. Matheson’s class. The collaborators worked as editors prior to the books being published. PDF documents were purchased from storybird.com. With the assistance of Emily Player, a student in the LHS Printing and Graphics class, each book was printed and bound.

As a culminating activity, the student authors read their books to reading buddies from Hahira Elementary School and Lowndes Middle School. Then they gave a copy of their book to each of their reading buddies.

According to Joy Cowart, “This project was a positive social and academic learning experience. It was certainly example of how we are One Lowndes. I am very thankful for the EMC Bright Ideas Grant which made this dream project a reality.”